Exchequer Bill & Birth Certificates

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Without Prejudice.
Is a berth certificate an exchequer bill?

Criminal Code PART IX: OFFENCES AGAINST RIGHTS OF PROPERTY
Forgery and Offences Resembling Forgery

Exchequer bill paper, public seals, etc.

369. Every one who, without lawful authority or excuse, the proof of which lies on him,
(a) makes, uses or knowingly has in his possession
(i) any exchequer bill paper, revenue paper or paper that is used to make bank-notes, or
(ii) any paper that is intended to resemble paper mentioned in subparagraph (i),
(b) makes, offers or disposes of or knowingly has in his possession any plate, die, machinery, instrument or other writing or material that is adapted and intended to be used to commit forgery, or
(c) makes, reproduces or uses a public seal of Canada or of a province, or the seal of a public body or authority in Canada, or of a court of law,
is guilty of an indictable offence and liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding fourteen years.
R.S., c. C-34, s. 327.

Criminal Code PART IX: OFFENCES AGAINST RIGHTS OF PROPERTY
Interpretation

Definitions

321. In this Part,

“break”
« effraction »

“break” means
(a) to break any part, internal or external, or
(b) to open any thing that is used or intended to be used to close or to cover an internal or external opening;

“credit card”
« carte de crédit »

“credit card” means any card, plate, coupon book or other device issued or otherwise distributed for the purpose of being used
(a) on presentation to obtain, on credit, money, goods, services or any other thing of value, or
(b) in an automated teller machine, a remote service unit or a similar automated banking device to obtain any of the services offered through the machine, unit or device;

“document”
« document »

“document” means any paper, parchment or other material on which is recorded or marked anything that is capable of being read or understood by a person, computer system or other device, and includes a credit card, but does not include trade-marks on articles of commerce or inscriptions on stone or metal or other like material;

“exchequer bill”
« bon du Trésor »

“exchequer bill” means a bank-note, bond, note, debenture or security that is issued or guaranteed by Her Majesty under the authority of Parliament or the legislature of a province;

“exchequer bill paper”
« papier de bons du Trésor »

“exchequer bill paper” means paper that is used to manufacture exchequer bills;

“false document”
« faux document »

“false document” means a document
(a) the whole or a material part of which purports to be made by or on behalf of a person
(i) who did not make it or authorize it to be made, or
(ii) who did not in fact exist,
(b) that is made by or on behalf of the person who purports to make it but is false in some material particular,
(c) that is made in the name of an existing person, by him or under his authority, with a fraudulent intention that it should pass as being made by a person, real or fictitious, other than the person who makes it or under whose authority it is made;

“revenue paper”
« papier de revenu »

“revenue paper” means paper that is used to make stamps, licences or permits or for any purpose connected with the public revenue.
R.S., 1985, c. C-46, s. 321; R.S., 1985, c. 27 (1st Supp.), s. 42.